1999 AAA state champ, and 2001 runner-up North Allegheny, came east to face the defending AA state champ Wyomissing girls, and came out with a narrow win (145-152)
1999 AAA state champ, and 2001 runner-up North Allegheny, came east to face the defending AA state champ Wyomissing girls, and came out with a narrow win (145-152)
Mount Lebanon's boys took another invitational, and defending AAA State Champ Shawn Cavanaugh is getting closer to his main challenger in the west, Dan Mazzocco of Baldwin.
Sisters Charity and Tricia Learn (SR & FR respectively) took first and second at the Wellsboro Invitational
In the boys race, two Fairview runners brok the course record, but General McLane (3-6-11-12-32) took the team title by five points over Fairview, 64-69.
Katie Ewart took her home Invitational in 18:03, more than a minute ahead of second place; while Quakertown's Adam Breisch was joined in the under 16:00 club
Joel Thomas led his Emmaus team to an 84-160 win over Liberty, setting a new meet course record of 15:51.4 in the process.
Only four girls had every broken 19:00 at Philly's Belmont Plateau before today. And what a day for a record.
Pennsbury boys Neshaminy girls took their respective Division I (large schools) titles, while the Division 2 (small schools) was won by Holy Ghost boys and Villa Joseph Marie girls.
Cumberland Valley took both the boys and girls championships at the Lebanon Valley Invitational at Memorial Lake State Park in Fort Indiantown Gap.
At the Gettysburg Invitational, Hershey's Angie Saterstad takes an easy win, running an 18:48.4 to win by over a minute.
The two fastest 5K's in the state so far: Council Rock's Jessica Cickay ran the fastest 5K of the young season, and in the process, broke the two-year old course record of Pennridge star Renee Gunning by 36 seconds, the new standard now 17:50.
Andy Weilacher continued his hot start with an easy win in the Big Red Invitational at West Middlesex HS, to lead his Eisenhower team to a one point win over the host school
Dan Mazzocco, Baldwin, debuts with a 16:16 for a 12 second win over Altoona JR Bob Boston.
Erin Franklin, Wissahickon, breaks former teammate Paige Miller's Abington course record, leading her team to their second invitational win in the first two weeks of the season with 44 points,
Tamaqua took both boys and girls varsity races, with the boys squeaking by Blue Mountain by two points, and the girls placing five in the top nine to win by 50.
Defending state AA champ Andy Weilacher of Eisenhower, a senior, took the McDowell Invitational in Erie on Saturday with a fast early season time of 15:42 5K on a sunny, pleasant morning with temps in the 60's.
The top two times of the early season belong to a young Council Rock runner, Jess Cickay.
The Fairview Invitational showcases new talent in faster finishes than last year.
The defending stat e AAA champion Coatesville boys easily dominated the Big Valley Invitational at Indian Valley Middle School near State College, taking second place Altoona by 101 points with returning state medalist Rob Robertson capturning first in 16:19.
The Viking Invitational sees Mullelly and Franklin emerge from the pack to set the stage for an exciting season. O'Hara boys and Wissahickon girls look strong.